Since 1996 the US government has
recognized female genital mutilation as a form of
gender persecution. However, asylum was only granted
to girls and women who proved that there was reason to
believe they could not avoid the practice in their
homeland.

What
Mohammed vs. Gonzales establishes is that women
who live in a
society where female circumcision is permitted are
subjected to "permanent and continuing harm."
Therefore, their gender has become a
"persecuted social group."

All of
them, even those already subjected to genital
mutilation, can now seek refuge in the United States
under this new classification.

According to
Amnesty International, more than 100 million women
have been subjected to female genital mutilation. Within
the same societies, there are millions more who have not
yet endured the practice.

All of
them are now eligible for asylum.

Even
the supporters of Mohammed admit that allowing
this many asylum seekers (not to mention their
family members) is completely unrealistic.

His
statements are contradictory as he admits that the
decision opens the floodgates by permitting literally
hundreds of millions of women to immigrate to the United
States, but denies that the open floodgates will allow
much
water to flow through.

This
is not to say that this will not change in the future,
and I wouldn`t be terribly surprised if Mr. Knight [Send
him
mail] and
his ilk demand that the
U.S. taxpayers provide those women with "the
wherewithal to get to the U.S."

It is
hard not to sympathize with women who undergo this
horrific procedure, [To read
a description of it, click
here.] but it is
important to recognize that accepting thousands, if not
millions of
African immigrants into this country is not the
answer.

Just
days before the decision was reached, the Atlanta
Journal Constitution published a story called "Ancient
Rite Or A Wrong" about how "Genital cutting
of girls becomes an issue in
Georgia, nationwide."

This
problem is not because the descendants of
Juliette Gordon Low have suddenly discovered a new
hobby, but because this country has imported the most
medieval and disgusting
customs of the Third World into the country via
their immigrants.

Despite growing
international opposition, immigrants are bringing the
entrenched custom to Europe, Australia, Canada and the
United States.

In this country alone, an
estimated 168,000
girls and women have undergone the procedure or are
still at risk, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The number is growing as the
number of immigrants from practicing countries grows.

These immigrants are not adapting Western ideas about
women; rather they are bringing their
misogynistic views to America.

Allowing hordes of immigrants from countries that
allow genital mutilation or other unsavory cultural
practices into this country will do nothing to stop the
problem, it only brings the problem to America.